page_title: List of African-American historic places in North Carolina
section_title: Wake County
hierarchical_section_title: List of African-American historic places in North Carolina / Wake County
caption_attribution_description: City Market in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina
context_page_description: This list of African American Historic Places in North Carolina is based on a book by the National Park Service, The Preservation Press, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers. Other listings are also online.
  For National List of African American Historic Places use this link.
  Some of these sites are on the National Register of Historic Places as independent sites or as part of larger historic district. Several of the sites are National Historic Landmarks. Others have North Carolina historical markers. The citation on historical markers is given in the reference. The location listed is the nearest community to the site. More precise locations are given in the reference.
context_section_description: Raleigh
  East Raleigh-South Park Historic District
  Estey Hall
  Masonic Temple Building
  Moore Square Historic District
  Peace College Main Building
  St. Paul A.M.E. Church
caption: The district includes East Hargett Street, once known as Raleigh's "Black Main Street", due to the fact it once contained the largest number of businesses owned by African-Americans in the city.
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